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Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne

Known as: Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, X-Linked, x-linked muscular dystrophy, Pseudohypertrophic Childhood Muscular Dystrophy 
An X-linked recessive muscle disease caused by an inability to synthesize DYSTROPHIN, which is involved with maintaining the integrity of the… 
National Institutes of Health

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Becker Muscular DystrophyCardiomyopathy, DilatedCongestive heart failureConnective and Soft Tissue

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Duchenne and Becker Muscular DystrophyMuscular Dystrophy

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
In vivo genome editing improves muscle function in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Editing can help build stronger muscles Much of the controversy surrounding the gene-editing technology called CRISPR/Cas9… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
American College of Sports Medicine position stand. Quantity and quality of exercise for developing and maintaining cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, and neuromotor fitness in apparently healthy…
The purpose of this Position Stand is to provide guidance to professionals who counsel and prescribe individualized exercise to… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Systemic administration of PRO051 in Duchenne's muscular dystrophy.
BACKGROUND Local intramuscular administration of the antisense oligonucleotide PRO051 in patients with Duchenne's muscular… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Diagnosis and management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, part 1: diagnosis, and pharmacological and psychosocial management
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
The mdx mouse diaphragm reproduces the degenerative changes of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
ALTHOUGH murine X-linked muscular dystrophy (mdx) and Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are genetically homologous and both… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The molecular basis of muscular dystrophy in the mdx mouse: a point mutation.
The mdx mouse is an X-linked myopathic mutant, an animal model for human Duchenne muscular dystrophy. In both mouse and man the… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Deletion screening of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus via multiplex DNA amplification.
The application of recombinant DNA technology to prenatal diagnosis of many recessively inherited X-linked diseases is… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Characterization of dystrophin in muscle-biopsy specimens from patients with Duchenne's or Becker's muscular dystrophy.
A deficiency of the protein dystrophin has recently been shown to be the probable cause of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy. We… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Dystrophin: The protein product of the duchenne muscular dystrophy locus
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Complete cloning of the duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) cDNA and preliminary genomic organization of the DMD gene in normal and affected individuals
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